United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978

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United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978

← 1972 November 7, 1978 1984 →
  Sam Nunn.jpg
Nominee Sam Nunn John Stokes
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 536,320 108,808
Percentage 83.1% 16.9%

U.S. senator before election

Sam Nunn
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Sam Nunn
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1978 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sam Nunn won re-election to a second term.[1]

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sam Nunn 536,320 83.13% +29.17
Republican John W. Stokes 108,808 16.87% -29.14
Majority 427,512 66.27 +58.32
Turnout 645,128

References